Leonardo Spinazzola recalled by Italian national team | OneFootball

Nearly eleven months since rupturing his Achilles tendon against Belgium, Roma fullback Leonardo Spinazzola has been recalled to the Italian national team.

The defender was named to Roberto Mancini’s 40-man squad for the Azzurri’s upcoming Nations League fixtures against Germany, Hungary, and England—just two weeks since he returned to the pitch following the injury.

He’ll be joined by teammates Gianluca Mancini, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Bryan Cristante, and Nicolo Zaniolo. The group will travel to Coverciano on Sunday following Wednesday’s Conference League final in Tirana.

Below is the full list of those called-up by Mancini.

Goalkeepers: Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint Germain), Alex Meret (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Genoa)

Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Davide Calabria (Milan), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Emerson Palmieri Dos Santos (Olympique Lyonnais), Alessandro Florenzi (Milan), Manuel Lazzari (Lazio), Luiz Felipe (Lazio), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma)

Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), Jorginho Frello Jorge Luiz (Chelsea), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Sandro Tonali (Milan), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain)